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SECOND NYMPH : Their subtilty is but a Common Road Of flattering great Men , and opposing little ; Smiling on all they meet , and loving none . FIRST SHEPHERD : In populous Cities , Life is all a storm ; But we enjoy a sweet perpetual ...
SECOND NYMPH : Their subtilty is but a Common Road Of flattering great Men , and opposing little ; Smiling on all they meet , and loving none . FIRST SHEPHERD : In populous Cities , Life is all a storm ; But we enjoy a sweet perpetual ...
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Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half ...
Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , Thy sports are fled , and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half ...
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... But yet in other scenes more fair in view , When Plenty smiles - alas ! she smiles for few - And those who taste not , yet behold her store , Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore The wealth around them makes them doubly poor .
... But yet in other scenes more fair in view , When Plenty smiles - alas ! she smiles for few - And those who taste not , yet behold her store , Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore The wealth around them makes them doubly poor .
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Contents
THE ELIZABETHAN PASTORAL II | 11 |
Egloga Tertia | 23 |
Four poems from the Arcadia | 37 |
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